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One door. Three ways in.

Become a member for $25 a year, make a gift to the charter, or bring your publication into the network. Every dollar stays in the community · and you can see exactly where it goes.

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  • Full access to news & desks
  • Follow publishers & figures
  • Find & Switch tools
  • Free Marketplace shipping
  • Member pricing & early access
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A stake in the community's economy, on the record.
$25/ year
  • Your member number & permanent ledger record
  • Free 2-5 day Marketplace shipping
  • Member pricing & member-only deals
  • Early access to launches & events
  • Switch & Match concierge
  • A vote on coalition priorities
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Patron
For those able to give more. The extra is all mission.
$99/ year · or write your own
  • Everything in Member · same $25 dues, same standing
  • Everything above $25 goes to the Fund & endowment
  • Recorded as a gift on your ledger
  • Annual report on what it built

Give by ability, like a tithe. The mission is the return.

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Cancel anytime. Free shipping applies to TUEPAC Fulfilled items at launch. Publishing a paper or a blog? Join as a publisher · listing a business? Partner with us.

Where your dues go

A membership that builds something

Dues are the coalition's tithe: everyone gives, by ability, because the institutions are ours to fund. Every dollar stays, is reinvested, and is reported · and as outside revenue grows, more of your dues shift from operations to mission.

Operations · the network60%
Ventures · the Fund30%
Permanent endowment10%

Founding-year allocation. Outside revenue displaces the operations share, shifting dues toward ventures and the endowment. Full breakdown on Why Join.

For publishers

Keep your publication. Gain a network.

TUEPAC distributes your reporting, sells the sponsorships, and shares the revenue. No cost to apply, no exclusivity · syndicate in full or just link out, and change it anytime.

EligibilityIndependent or community-serving NC publication.
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Your detailsThe form on the right.
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Editorial reviewWe'll be in touch within a week.

See who's already in: the publisher directory →

How the money works

We never charge publishers. We earn when you earn. You get paid monthly.

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Sponsorship rev share

We sell sponsorships against your coverage and split the revenue: 70% yours, 30% ours. Sold by hand, one sponsor per desk, reported to you monthly.

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Network packages

Corporate partners buy across every publication at once, one buy, the whole network. Sold direct through our partner desk, split by each publication's share of readership.

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Licensing & syndication

Outside platforms pay to carry network reporting. Your work stays your property; licensing revenue splits with the publication that wrote it.

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Premium services

Optional paid tools when we can run them well: newsletter infrastructure, analytics, ad-ops handled for you. Services cost money. Access never does.

1 · We collect

Sponsors pay the coalition

Every sponsor and partner pays the coalition's account. You never invoice anyone, chase anyone, or touch a payment processor.

2 · You get paid

Your share, by the 15th

Your 70% for each month is sent directly from our bank by ACH or check by the 15th of the following month. No platform fees, no minimums, no integration required on your end.

3 · Every dollar itemized

A statement you can export

Each payment comes with a monthly statement: every sponsorship, network-package allocation, and the views behind it, downloadable as a CSV for your books. See a sample statement →

The day-one deal

Honest version, since we're a startup: today your stories reach the network's readers and newsletter, we pitch one sponsor for your desk, you keep 70% of what we close, and you get a plain monthly report of views and revenue. Readership tracking is simple counts for now, audited tools come as the network grows. No exclusivity, cancel anytime, your publication and archives stay yours.

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Publisher revenue is outside revenue: under the displacement rule it shifts member dues away from operations, toward the Fund and endowment.

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$25 a year. Free shipping from your first order, member pricing across the Marketplace, and a real stake in the community's economy.

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